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res·i·due

(rĕz′ĭ-do͞o′, -dyo͞o′)

1. The remainder of something after removal of parts or a part.

a. Matter remaining after completion of an abstractive chemical or physical process, such as evaporation, combustion, distillation, or filtration; residuum.

b. The part of a monomer or other chemical unit that has been incorporated into a polymer or large molecule.

3. Law The remainder of a testator's estate after all specific bequests and applicable debts and expenses have been disposed of. Also called residuum.

[Middle English, from Old French residu, from Latin residuum, neuter of residuus, remaining, from residēre, to remain behind; see reside.]

re·sid′u·ar·y (rĭ-zĭj′o͞o-ĕr′ē) adj.

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residue

(ˈrɛzɪˌdjuː)

1. matter remaining after something has been removed

2. (Law) law what is left of an estate after the discharge of debts and distribution of specific gifts

[C14: from Old French residu, from Latin residuus remaining over, from residēre to stay behind, reside]

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res•i•due

(ˈrɛz ɪˌdu, -ˌdyu)

n.

1. something that remains after a part is removed, disposed of, or used; remainder; rest; remnant.

a. residuum (def. 2).

b. an atom or group of atoms considered as a group or part of a molecule.

3. the part of a testator's estate that remains after the payment of all debts, bequests, etc.

[1300–50; Middle English < Middle French residu < Latin residuum what is left over; see residual]

residue

The solid remaining after the completion of a chemical process.

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Noun	1.	residue - matter that remains after something has been removed matter - that which has mass and occupies space; "physicists study both the nature of matter and the forces which govern it" crackling, greaves - the residue that remains after animal fat has been rendered ash - the residue that remains when something is burned cotton cake, cottonseed cake - the solid matter remaining after oil has been pressed from cottonseeds dottle - the residue of partially burnt tobacco left caked in the bowl of a pipe after smoking
	2.	residue - something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance" remainder, residual, residuum, rest, balance component part, part, portion, component, constituent - something determined in relation to something that includes it; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" leftover, remnant - a small part or portion that remains after the main part no longer exists

residue

noun remainder, remains, remnant, leftovers, rest, extra, balance, excess, surplus, dregs, residuum She loaded the residue of lunch onto a tray.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

residue

noun

What remains after a part has been used or subtracted:

balance, leavings, leftover, remainder, remains, remnant, rest.

Translations

بَقِيَّه، فَضْلَه

usazeninazbytek

rest

Rest

υπόλοιπο υπόλοιπος

residuo

jäännösjätetähdeylijäämä

résidu

afgangur, leifar

residuo rimanenza arretrato

liekanoslikęsužsilikęs

atlikumspārpalikums

вычет осадок остаток отстой

artık

残余

residue

[ˈrezɪdjuː] N

1. (= remainder) → resto m, residuo m
a residue of bad feeling → un residuo de rencor, un rencor que queda

2. (Jur) → bienes mpl residuales

3. (Chem) → residuo m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

residue

[ˈrɛzɪdjuː] n

[money, time, feeling] → reste m

(CHEMISTRY) → résidu m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

residue

→ Rest m; (Chem) → Rückstand m

(Jur) → Nachlass m (nach Abzug sämtlicher Verbindlichkeiten)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

residue

[ˈrɛzɪdjuː] n (frm) → residuo, residui mpl

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

residue

(ˈrezidjuː) noun

what remains or is left over.

residual (rəˈzidjuəl) , ((American) -dʒu-) adjective

res·i·due

n. residuo;

___ diet, high → dieta de ___ alto;

___ diet, low → dieta de ___ bajo.

residue

n residuo

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Nothing occurred, however, materially to disturb the residue of the voyage excepting a violent storm; and on the twenty-second of March, the Tonquin arrived at the mouth of the Oregon, or Columbia River.

At length the reflux of the tide, and the springing up of the wind, enabled them to quit their dangerous situation and take shelter in a small bay within Cape Disappointment, where they rode in safety during the residue of a stormy night, and enjoyed a brief interval of refreshing sleep.

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When she took the paste out to bake it, she left smears of dough sticking to the sides of the measure, put the measure on the shelf behind the stove, and let this residue ferment.

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On the third of November following, he expressly revokes this will, and leaves another in its stead, in which his widow is never once mentioned, and in which the whole residue of his estate, after payment of one comparatively trifling legacy, is left to a friend.

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As for the residue of the Pequod's company, be it said, that at the present day not one in two of the many thousand men before the mast employed in the American whale fishery, are Americans born, though pretty nearly all the officers are.

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If it should be a slight commotion in a small part of a State, the militia of the residue would be adequate to its suppression; and the national presumption is that they would be ready to do their duty.

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From each side of the saddle hangs an esquimoot, a sort of pocket, in which she bestows the residue of her trinkets and nick-nacks, which cannot be crowded on the decoration of her horse or herself.

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On examining now, after many years, the residue of the feeling which was the outcome of the contact of our personalities, I discover, without much surprise, a certain flavour of dislike.

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"I find myself growing faint, so I shall refer you to my will for my disposition of the residue. My servants will there find some tokens to remember me by; and there are a few charities which, I trust, my executors will see faithfully performed.

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There was still a residue of personal property as well as the land, but the whole was left to one person, and that person was-- O possibilities!

The residue of the property was to be devoted to the erection and endowment of almshouses for old men, to be called Featherstone's Alms-Houses, and to be built on a piece of land near Middlemarch already bought for the purpose by the testator, he wishing--so the document declared--to please God Almighty.

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If, to avoid this consequence, they had attempted a partial enumeration of the exceptions, and described the residue by the general terms, NOT NECESSARY OR PROPER, it must have happened that the enumeration would comprehend a few of the excepted powers only; that these would be such as would be least likely to be assumed or tolerated, because the enumeration would of course select such as would be least necessary or proper; and that the unnecessary and improper powers included in the residuum, would be less forcibly excepted, than if no partial enumeration had been made.